Tacrolimus Continuous Infusion - MAR alert?

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Stacy Carson
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Tacrolimus Continuous Infusion - MAR alert?

Hello! We dispense a standard bag size for all adult patients on tacrolimus IV (2.5 mg/250 mL). It is built as a continuous infusion to allow for dose adjustments as soon as the level comes back in the morning. We also have this med on our Time Critical List and a standard administration time of 1800 (new bag is hung at 1800 regardless of how much is left in the bag). We are running into issues since the continuous infusion build in Epic does not put due times on the MAR and the med occasionally is being administered late.

Does anyone have experience with adding in due times on the MAR for continuous infusions (for any med) in Epic? I know that nurses can manually do this, but looking for an automated option in Epic.

thanks!
Stacy

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